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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Montgomery TP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3397400 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20120626 27
Upon exposure of acrylic ester 1 to alcohols 2a-i in the presence of a cyclometalated iridium catalyst modified by (-)-TMBTP, catalytic C-C coupling occurs, providing enantiomerically enriched 5-substituted α-exo-methylene γ-butyrolactones 3a-i. Bromination of the methylene butyrolactone products followed by zinc-mediated reductive aldehyde addition provides the disubstituted α-exo-methylene γ-butyrolactones 6a and 6b with good to excellent levels of diastereoselectivity. ...[more]